In a landmark development that will likely foreshadow a future shift in Japan’s entertainment market, the official website for the Suicide Squad ISEKAI anime has announced the forthcoming release of a webtoon adaptation of the anime series, the first such adaptation of an anime production in Japan, and the first to be directly produced by a Japanese animation studio in WIT STUDIO. The announcement key visual is featured below.
The webtoon is set to launch on the Line MANGA platform as well as Shueisha’s Jump TOON platforms simultaneously on Sunday, August 25 in Japan, with no immediate word on international availability. The anime series is currently available on Hulu and MAX in the US and is complete, with the 10th episode premiering last Thursday. The series is described as such by Warner Bros:
In the crime-ridden Gotham city, Amanda Waller, the head of A.R.G.U.S., has assembled a group of notorious criminals for a mission: Harley Quinn, Deadshot, Peacemaker, Clayface and King Shark. These DC Super-Villains are sent into an otherworldly realm that’s connected to this world through a gate. It’s a world of swords and magic where orcs rampage and dragons rule the skies—an “ISEKAI”! Harley and others go on a rampage after arriving in ISEKAI but are captured by the Kingdom’s soldiers and sent to prison. They only have 72 hours before the bomb on their neck explodes. The deadline is fast approaching. After negotiations with Queen Aldora, the condition for liberation was the conquest of the hostile Imperial army. They have no choice but to throw themselves head-first into the front LINE of battle.
They run; they die. They lose; they die. With their lives on the LINE, can Harley Quinn and The Suicide Squad survive in ISEKAI? Brace yourselves for the pulse-pounding saga of the elite task force known as the “Suicide Squad” as they embark on a jaw-dropping adventure! Let the party begin!
